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Prosperity and Health, Death and Poverty
On the night of December 19, 2010, Pastor Wendell Smith of the City Church died, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke, saying, Set your house in order, for within one year's time you will die, and I will place another in your office.
"Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die." Proverbs 15:10
On the twenty-first day of January in the year 2009 I Bryan went at the command of God to the home of Pastor Wendell Smith of the City Church. At the time of the setting of the sun I knocked on the front door of his house in Kirkland, Washington. Pastor Wendell Smith opened the door and I introduced myself and informed him that I had come with a word from the Lord about his illness. He replied, "Okay, this is not really the proper way to do that." I stated that I would like to read the letter to him. He responded that it was not healthy for him to stand in the cold doorway, and asked if I could mail it to him. I informed him that I would rather hand it to him and requested at least one more time permission to read him the letter. Pastor Wendell Smith again declined. When I could see that he would not suffer me to read the word of God to him I placed the letter back in the envelope with the letter delivered to him at the City Church in May of 2006. As I did, I looked up at Wendell Smith and said these words, "The Lord Jesus Christ has sent me to set before you the way of life and the way of death, the way of blessing and the way of cursing. Therefore, choose life and obey the voice of the Lord your God, to love Him and to serve Him only, that He may prolong your days upon the earth." Upon speaking these words I handed the envelope containing both letters to him. Wendell Smith stated that this was the first word the Lord spoke to him after he became sick. He asked after my name and I told him again, informing him that my name and email address were on the letter that was first delivered to him at the church about two and a half years earlier. I turned to leave and the door was closed, as the sky grew darker at the setting of the sun.
These are the words contained in the letter delivered to Pastor Wendell Smith on Wednesday, January 21, 2009.
To Pastor Wendell Smith of the City Church:
This is what the Lord Jesus Christ has said concerning you:
I have given you space to repent of this vile doctrine of prosperity with a purpose. As yet you have refused to receive My word to you concerning this matter. Therefore, this is what I say to you, Pastor Wendell Smith: There comes a time when things have reached their usefulness and they are good for nothing but to be thrown away. Therefore, hear My word to you: if you do not repent of this doctrine of prosperity with a purpose, you will have reached your usefulness in My kingdom, and I will remove you from the earth. Set your house in order, for within one year's time you will die, and I will place another in your office. You have sought for healing, you have pleaded for mercy, you have confessed wholeness. But it shall be to no avail if you refuse to return to Me in this matter about which I have spoken so clearly.
You have built for yourself a habitation in the earth. You have excelled in wisdom and wealth. But your hands are defiled, your wealth shall be your poverty, your wisdom shall be your foolishness. What was for your praise amongst men will be your undoing. There is another who competes with Me in your heart, whose appeal is so beguiling. Wealth, wealth, where is your wealth, Wendell? Health, health, where is your health, Wendell? You have forgotten the true riches that are in Me, says the Lord Jesus Christ. I am your Reward, I am your Treasure, I AM and there is no other. I the LORD should have been your strength, but what was strength for you will be weakness. You have desired thirty more years, but you shall not know thirty, neither shall you know fifteen. Your days have drawn to an end if you will not repent.
Would you receive My chastisement as a son, or will you turn your back on Me as a bastard? I am your Father, says the Lord God of heaven and earth. I have loved you with an everlasting love, and I will restore you if you would only turn from this profane teaching you have promulgated in My church for far too long. This disease cannot remain amidst My people and not result in death. Neither can this cancer remain in your body and not take your life, unless I heal you. I have afflicted you in My faithfulness, My son. But if you will not repent of this pernicious doctrine you preach to My people, I will remove you from your place in the earth and raise up another in your stead. He shall be a praise before Me, but his heart will I try as I have tried yours. And he too will face this issue, he too will be confronted with the word of his God, he too must give account before Me for that which he will teach. And what shall be the end of his praise?
On January 22, 2009 I received an email from Troy S. Anderson of the City Church, telling me to read the attached letter. The attachment contained in the email was this letter:
Re: The City Church and Pastor Wendell Smith
Dear Mr. Hulen:
Your letters to Pastor Wendell Smith commanding him to repent of certain Bible teachings, and warning him that if [he] does not repent he will die within the year, were hostile, inappropriate and threatening. Your attempt to enter his Kirkland home yesterday evening to deliver your "message" both heightened the level of your threats and demonstrated the potential danger you pose to Pastor Smith and to The City Church.
The Smith residence is private property. On behalf of the Smiths, I hereby notify you that you are not to come to their residence again and that if you do so you will be trespassing.
The City Church's campuses are also private property. You are not to attend any of our church services, small groups, or other functions or to come onto any of our church properties. If you do so you will be trespassing.
Finally, you are not to send letters or emails to or otherwise attempt to contact Pastor Wendell Smith or any other City Church pastor, employee, or member.
We have discussed your threats and actions with the Kirkland police department and have made them aware that you do not have permission to come to the Smith residence or the church campuses. We have police security at each of our locations and ongoing relationships with the city police departments.
You may contact me by mail or by email for the limited purpose of discussing any questions you have about the contents of this letter. My mailing address is listed on this letterhead and my email address is troy.anderson@thecity.org.
(originally posted 2/3/2010)
"Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die." Proverbs 15:10
On the twenty-first day of January in the year 2009 I Bryan went at the command of God to the home of Pastor Wendell Smith of the City Church. At the time of the setting of the sun I knocked on the front door of his house in Kirkland, Washington. Pastor Wendell Smith opened the door and I introduced myself and informed him that I had come with a word from the Lord about his illness. He replied, "Okay, this is not really the proper way to do that." I stated that I would like to read the letter to him. He responded that it was not healthy for him to stand in the cold doorway, and asked if I could mail it to him. I informed him that I would rather hand it to him and requested at least one more time permission to read him the letter. Pastor Wendell Smith again declined. When I could see that he would not suffer me to read the word of God to him I placed the letter back in the envelope with the letter delivered to him at the City Church in May of 2006. As I did, I looked up at Wendell Smith and said these words, "The Lord Jesus Christ has sent me to set before you the way of life and the way of death, the way of blessing and the way of cursing. Therefore, choose life and obey the voice of the Lord your God, to love Him and to serve Him only, that He may prolong your days upon the earth." Upon speaking these words I handed the envelope containing both letters to him. Wendell Smith stated that this was the first word the Lord spoke to him after he became sick. He asked after my name and I told him again, informing him that my name and email address were on the letter that was first delivered to him at the church about two and a half years earlier. I turned to leave and the door was closed, as the sky grew darker at the setting of the sun.
These are the words contained in the letter delivered to Pastor Wendell Smith on Wednesday, January 21, 2009.
To Pastor Wendell Smith of the City Church:
This is what the Lord Jesus Christ has said concerning you:
I have given you space to repent of this vile doctrine of prosperity with a purpose. As yet you have refused to receive My word to you concerning this matter. Therefore, this is what I say to you, Pastor Wendell Smith: There comes a time when things have reached their usefulness and they are good for nothing but to be thrown away. Therefore, hear My word to you: if you do not repent of this doctrine of prosperity with a purpose, you will have reached your usefulness in My kingdom, and I will remove you from the earth. Set your house in order, for within one year's time you will die, and I will place another in your office. You have sought for healing, you have pleaded for mercy, you have confessed wholeness. But it shall be to no avail if you refuse to return to Me in this matter about which I have spoken so clearly.
You have built for yourself a habitation in the earth. You have excelled in wisdom and wealth. But your hands are defiled, your wealth shall be your poverty, your wisdom shall be your foolishness. What was for your praise amongst men will be your undoing. There is another who competes with Me in your heart, whose appeal is so beguiling. Wealth, wealth, where is your wealth, Wendell? Health, health, where is your health, Wendell? You have forgotten the true riches that are in Me, says the Lord Jesus Christ. I am your Reward, I am your Treasure, I AM and there is no other. I the LORD should have been your strength, but what was strength for you will be weakness. You have desired thirty more years, but you shall not know thirty, neither shall you know fifteen. Your days have drawn to an end if you will not repent.
Would you receive My chastisement as a son, or will you turn your back on Me as a bastard? I am your Father, says the Lord God of heaven and earth. I have loved you with an everlasting love, and I will restore you if you would only turn from this profane teaching you have promulgated in My church for far too long. This disease cannot remain amidst My people and not result in death. Neither can this cancer remain in your body and not take your life, unless I heal you. I have afflicted you in My faithfulness, My son. But if you will not repent of this pernicious doctrine you preach to My people, I will remove you from your place in the earth and raise up another in your stead. He shall be a praise before Me, but his heart will I try as I have tried yours. And he too will face this issue, he too will be confronted with the word of his God, he too must give account before Me for that which he will teach. And what shall be the end of his praise?
On January 22, 2009 I received an email from Troy S. Anderson of the City Church, telling me to read the attached letter. The attachment contained in the email was this letter:
Re: The City Church and Pastor Wendell Smith
Dear Mr. Hulen:
Your letters to Pastor Wendell Smith commanding him to repent of certain Bible teachings, and warning him that if [he] does not repent he will die within the year, were hostile, inappropriate and threatening. Your attempt to enter his Kirkland home yesterday evening to deliver your "message" both heightened the level of your threats and demonstrated the potential danger you pose to Pastor Smith and to The City Church.
The Smith residence is private property. On behalf of the Smiths, I hereby notify you that you are not to come to their residence again and that if you do so you will be trespassing.
The City Church's campuses are also private property. You are not to attend any of our church services, small groups, or other functions or to come onto any of our church properties. If you do so you will be trespassing.
Finally, you are not to send letters or emails to or otherwise attempt to contact Pastor Wendell Smith or any other City Church pastor, employee, or member.
We have discussed your threats and actions with the Kirkland police department and have made them aware that you do not have permission to come to the Smith residence or the church campuses. We have police security at each of our locations and ongoing relationships with the city police departments.
You may contact me by mail or by email for the limited purpose of discussing any questions you have about the contents of this letter. My mailing address is listed on this letterhead and my email address is troy.anderson@thecity.org.
Sincerely,
Troy S. Anderson, J.D.
General Counsel
The City Church
I answered not a word to Troy Anderson or the City Church.
(originally posted 2/3/2010)
posted by Bryan | 3:21 PM
1 Comments:
wow, this is absolutely horrible.. I can't imagine that you could successfully attend a bible believing church anywhere or consistently, with such a spirit of religion & judgement.. how sad for you..
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